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GPs,GP trainees,Nurses....

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1 hour

Target audience

GPs,
GP trainees,
Nurses,
Specialist nurses

Guideline focus: Stop smoking interventions and services (NICE)

This module covers the practical implications of NICE guideline NG92 for GPs, including how to offer very brief advice, what
advice to offer about e-cigarettes, nicotine replacement therapy and stop smoking treatment, and the importance of behavioural
support when helping someone to stop smoking.

Learning outcomes

After completing this module, you should:

Know how to offer very brief advice, including offer of locally available support and treatment

Be able to discuss over the counter options including e-cigarettes

Appreciate the range of evidence-based treatments available

Be able to decide, along with the patient, which treatment options are most suitable for them

Know how to discuss the concept of harm reduction with a view to complete cessation.

Written by:

Tim Coleman

Tim Coleman

Tim Coleman

Biography
:

Tim Coleman is professor of Primary Care at Nottingham University, UK. His research interest is in behaviour change and smoking
cessation, including smoking in pregnancy. He has investigated the management of smoking by primary care clinicians, and the
organisation and effectiveness of smoking cessation services.

Disclosure
:

Tim Coleman has read the BMJ policy on conflicts of interest and declares that via his university based research he delivers
grant funded projects that develop and test new smoking cessation interventions. Grants are paid by research funders (for
example National Institute for Health Research and Cancer Research UK) to the University of Nottingham. Projects, which are
often overseen by independent trial steering committees, are delivered according to pre-specified protocols.

Peer reviewed by:

Alex Bobak

Alex Bobak

Alex Bobak

Biography
:

Alex Bobak is a GP in Wandsworth, South London, UK. He runs specialist stop smoking clinics and has carried out research into
pharmacological treatment in smoking cessation. He teaches extensively on smoking cessation to health professionals in the
UK and abroad. His main interest is the systematic delivery of smoking cessation in primary care.

Disclosure
:

Alex Bobak has read the BMJ policy on conflicts of interest and declares that he has received funding for smoking cessation
education from Cancer Research UK, the National Centre for Smoking Cessation and Training (NCSCT), and pharmaceutical companies
involved in smoking cessation, including Pfizer, GSK, and J&J.

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